This blog entry at The Good Man Project shares Tom Kelley’s opinion on Heroes and their role in popular culture. Joseph Campbell, in his massive work with Mythology and literature, discovered a pattern followed by most, if not all, myths. Another pattern…
According to Sylvester Stallone, each generation must discover itself through storytelling. Campbell was a large influence not only in this idea, but also in his reasoning for joining Guardians of the Galaxy 2. “Early on in my career I became…
The Washington Post graces us with another uplifting article, this time by Colby Itkowitz, on the unique and exclusive qualities that make the regular, extraordinary. From newspapers reports to fairy-tales, mankind looks for Heroes in all types of stories. This search appears to be…
Chuch Klosterman writes for the New York Times Magazine about Rock and Roll, it’s origins and current influences. The genre created in the Unites States in the late 40s, and it is still today an influential and groundbreaking form of music.…
Richard E Preston writes for the website Winter Is Coming about Jon Snow from the HBO show Game of Thrones. According to Preston, Snow is hand crafted to represent the Hero. The article explains this in more depth, and even…
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